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Uncle Buck

m8bear
m8bear
For all you fellow UK people, Uncle Buck is just starting on ITV. It has a really great story of how an Uncle turns himself around and from alcohol too.

If you can, watch it. If you have seen it, then you will know what I am saying.

Happy Sunday everyone :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
Seen it a couple of times and it is so funny. Too bad I don't live in the UK...I'd be watching it too.
deleted_user
deleted_user
John Candy, funny man huh.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Wish I could watch..Have never seen it! Enjoy, and have a good Sunday.
m8bear
m8bear
Yeah, his death was just too soon! Inspirational guy on laughter :0)

Its just finished. Such a good film.

As is the Meg Ryan one where she is an alcoholic and falls out of shower...cant remember name of it.....
deleted_user
deleted_user
Oh I've seen that Meg Ryan film. Then she goes to meetings and can no longer relate to her husband because he is not a recovering alcoholic. That was a good movie.
deleted_user
deleted_user
"when a man loves a woman" good flick. John Candy was one of my favorites. Sad he is no longer around.
m8bear
m8bear
Yep, sad life when John Candy died!

What about 'Cool Runnings'? Awesome film don't you think? x
deleted_user
deleted_user
i loved "cool runnings!." yeah, "a man and a woman" which i could never relate to bcause it was about a faithful pilot husband and being a flight attendant i never heard of such a thing--lol. other movies: "leaving for las veas"-hit to close to home, "drunks"- excellent 12 step movie-lots of recoving stars in it, "gia"-dysmal ending/true story,"28 days"-very cute sandra bullock rehab movie,"days of wine and roses"-hit waaaaay to close to home. many, many more but i i'm too lazy to go look at my collection... d.
m8bear
m8bear
Lol sorry but Cool Runnings was about the 'Jamacian bob sleigh team'...

You are on about the Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan film...TOTAL different story haha
deleted_user
deleted_user
o.k. just looked through my movie collection in front room--have more in my bedroom. alcoholism movies: lost weekend, round midnight, angela's ashes, barfly, clean and sober, my name is bill w., bad santa, 16 years of alcohol, arthur.........D.
m8bear
m8bear
Ok with ya also, 'whan a man loves woman with Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan is such a powerful story...especially when she goes thru the shower door and her kids picks her up! Awesome ending
m8bear
m8bear
But, Uncle Back is so not that film! No comparison...and yes, lets give John Candy a round of applause (clap, clap) his death was such a loss to UK x
deleted_user
deleted_user
just wish he's been an engineer or something so it would have been more realistic to me..........d.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Bad Santa is a good one, I watch that every holiday season
m8bear
m8bear
Itsmylife....why would an 'engineer or something' be more realistic? Did you find it hard to get the concept of the 'film'?

(btw, in your words, far from the way I see it)
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